Trunk



Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

TRUNK.

W. F. BRYER.

(N0 Model.)

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WILLIAM F. BRYER, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,383, dated October9, 1883.

Application filed January 26, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BRYER, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Boston, in thecounty of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trunks, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My inventionrelatesto a trunk which, when closed, has the external formand is adapted for the usage of an ordinary trunk, but when open forms abureau, the whole device being rightly styled a bureau-trunk.

My invent-ion consists in the'eonstruetion, arrangement, and combinationof the several parts, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the trunk open and formingabureau. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof the trunk when closed, taken in the direction of line 1 1 in Fig. 4.Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 3.

The body of the trunk is formed, mainly, of the back A, ends -13 B, andbottom 0. There is a'lid of the usual form, having the top D, ends E E,back F, and front G. (This lid is hinged to the back of the body of thetrunk in the common manner by means of hinges a a. The whole trunk isbound by irons b at'the corners, as is common.

To the front G of the lid is hinged a board or cover, H, "by means ofhinges c. 'VVhen the trunk is closed, this cover folds down, forming thefrontof the body of the trunk. There are locks (2 (one or more) near thebottom of the trunk and cover, by which this cover is held in. place andthe trunk locked. When the trunk is open, forming a bureau, the lid andthe cover H stand vertically, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The body of the trunk is so divided by the vertical partitions e e and ff and horizontal partition 9' as to form a compartment for alargedrawer, I, in the lower part of the trunk, a

- narrow compartment or till, 11., at each end of the trunk, extendingfrom the top to the bottom of the body thereof, a compartment, 2', ateach end in the upper part of the body next to a till, h, and a centralcompartmenuj, in said upper part. In the lid may be the usualcompartment, J closed by a board hinged at 7.: 7:.

To each partition e, at the upper edge, is

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top a, and back 0. Each of these boxes Kmay be swung over to rest in aninverted posit-ion in a compartment, 5, or swung out, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, to reston an end, B, of the trunk, and has a drawer, L, whichmay be 60 drawn out to the front when the box is so swung out. a

In the face of the cover H are clotheshooks p p, as many as are desired,which are pivoted so as to be swung into recesses in the cover onclosing the trunk, or swung out for use after the cover is thrown up.

A mirror, M, has hooks g at the back; or there is an equivalentcontrivance, by which the mirror may be hung at the upper part of 70 theraised cover H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The handles r of the drawers may be so fitted as to fall into recesses,so as to be out of the way in closing the trunk.

When the whole is closed, the device has the external appearance of anordinary trunk, and its construction is such that it will bear thecommon rough handling to which trunks are subjected, and when open itprovides many conveniences of a bureau, as set forth. The movements foropening-or elosin g are few, simple, and may be quickly made.

This bureau-trunk is especially useful in the theatrical profession, andis also desirable for use by travelers generally.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the'body of the trunk,the lid, and a cover, H, hinged to the lid, and having clothes-hooks p,as described.

2. A trunk having a top lid, a front cover, H, hinged to the top lid,and a drawer, I, covered by said cover when down, substantially as setforth. r l

3. The combination of the body of the trunk, having a compartment in thelower part for a drawer, ,I, and compartments iin the upper part toreceive the boxes or cases K, as specified, top lid, front cover, H,hinged to the top lid, and drawer I, covered by said cover when down,substantially as set forth. 1':

4. In a trunk, the combination of the body and lid, front cover, H,cases or boxes K, and drawers L, located, joined, and operatingsubstantially as described.

' \VILLIAM F. BRYER.

EDw. DUMMER,

JOHN P. Coonn.

hinged a born K, having sides Z Z, bottom m, 5 v

